CVE-2012-4858

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 does not properly validate Java serialized input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence: 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.2

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21626697
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034373
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79801
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21626697
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034373
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79801

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